Paychecks changed for Illinois workers from Jan. 1, 2017

Beginning with tax year 2017, the Illinois State personal income tax rates is 3.75% and exemption allowances increased from $2,150 in 2016 to $2,175 in 2017. Accordingly, effective for payrolls made on or after January 1, 2017, employers must use the revised withholding tax tables and methods included to compute the amount of Illinois State taxes to be withheld from employees.

EzPayCheck payroll software includes this changes in its 2017 version.

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The new Illinois 2017 Withholding Tables (Effective Jan 1, 2017) is available at: